Pennant Label Co-Op

Pennant Label Co-Op

Growing up in New Haven, the Yale Co-Op was an Ivy Heyday version of Target or H & M. Besides books and Yale paraphernalia the “Koop” offered l...

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J. Press Goes Hollywood

J. Press Goes Hollywood

Sporting his grandfather Paul Press’ 1969 custom J. Press tuxedo, my son Ben, Head of Film and TV for Coldplay star Chris Martin’s Outlyer Entertai...

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Back Where I Belong

Back Where I Belong

My farewell at J. Press five years after the sale of the family business in 1986 was orchestrated by Norbert Ford. Norbert was a charismatic entre...

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Keeper Of The Flame

Keeper Of The Flame

The flame roared on 44th and Vanderbilt at a beer sodden Threading The Needle II book signing kindled by John Burton’s Ivy Style Podcast at J. Pres...

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Christmas Vacation 1958

Christmas Vacation 1958

Vignettes from times past when my Loomis Chaffee closest pals Gene Mercy, John Suisman, and yours truly, the three amigos, tripped the light fantas...

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Behold The Rules Of Ivy

Behold The Rules Of Ivy

Threading the Needle ~ Behold The Rules Of Ivy  Over a decade has passed since I transcribed “The Rules Of Ivy” while asserting my role as co-curat...

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Campus Corduroy

Campus Corduroy

Threading the Needle ~ Campus Corduroy Alan Pakula, a years past J. Press regular and the 1976 director of the film All The President’s Men, made c...

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